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Originally Posted By: StryderPupI was watching an older episode of Dog Whisperer last night that featured two Wolf/ Husky hybrids. One was people/dog aggressive and he other was food aggressive. I was thinking to myself, why would someone want to breed a wolf and a domesticated dog? (I also wondered how one would get a true wolf to breed with). Any wolf hybrid owners out there? What are the traits that you would want from a wolf vs. a domesticated canine? I must admit the results were gorgeous dogs. Any thoughts??
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OK, I volunteer at Full Moon Farm a Wolfdog rescue. First of all there is NO SUCH THING AS A WOLF HYBRID as wolf and dog are same species. Well, lets put it this way, the agressive behaviour comes from the same reason you see in the DOG, as that's where it comes from. But Ceasar is THE LAST person I would consult for this problem. There are LOTS of good Wolfdog folks that could help. Also NO ONE breeds a dog to a wild wolf.... no one is robbing wolf pups from the den. If that is the claim then the breeder is lying, and there are lots of unscrupulous (BYB) breeders. The worst thing is they lie about content. It's a real surprise when someone has had a VERY low content MIS represented as a high content or "wolf" and they do get a high content. High contents as a general rule can't live inside. Mid contents maybe, and low contents sure.
The common breeding is wolfdog to wolfdog with good breeders and they know the temperment, and help the people that got their animals. I don't have one. My dog Jolene does have Wolfdog boyfriends at Full Moon Farm.
The temperment is close to what a Husky is. A dog is always a juvenile. A high content is like a graduate student, and can think for himself and figure things out. German Shepherds do this, don't they?
Properly socialized they are sweet as a ton of sugar. Non socialized they can be fearful and skittish ( like a Husky).
Delaware at Full Moon Farm, was a high content who died earlier this year. He would lick you just about wear your skin off and cover you with wolf spit.
Mani, (who has 2 dog hairs) was raised in a house. He had never been left alone, and when the lady had to go to work when the husbands hours got cut back, he ate the inside of the condo. He will sleep in bed, but he can't be left alone. Separation anxiety on steroids. I have groomed him ( and he helped)
Now Autumn, she is mostly all wolf and has heritage that King from Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary came from. She was badly abused by a man who kicked her and beat her with a shovel. If you are liked by her, you can do ANYthing. She does not like me. She will show me teeth and hiss like a snake. I tell ner NO TEETH and NO TREAT. She has back injury damage that make her cranky.
Belle is another high content that is food agressive. I TOSS her the treats. I went to pet her and she thought my hand was a treat. The VERY moment her teeth touched my hand she realized it was a human hand, and the teeth just touched, her ears went flat back on her head, her tail tucked under and she started whining, as she was properly taught that WOLF teeth don't touch humans. Her pen mate Mac, is MOSTLY GSD, he is skitty, but I can corner him and then I can pet him.
Another one is Red Stripe. Low content, and when he was along I would go in his pen and clean up poop. He'd cower in the corner and shiver like a scared Chihuahua! Now, that he's in the pen with Selena, he will come up and take treats and actually let me pet him.
The new outreach animal is River. He's mainly Malamute / Husky and pinch of wolf. Meg and I walked him in the Black Mountain Christmas parade. 10 months old and never been in a large parade... he did good. And he did not scarf up any candy that had been thrown in the street. He will gently take treats from my mouth. Zodiak would do that also. There are a lot of dogs I would never try that with.
Any questions to me do it by private EMAIL rather than a PM please!
Zodiak, who died a few months ago, was the outreach animal, and he was just bomb proof. Low content with mostly LARGE Malamute, a pinch of GSD (where his black and tan coloring came from ) and a bit of wolf. 130 pounds. He made 10 years, but when rescued he weighed 43 pounds.
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